- Title:
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Compressed Air Foam Project
- Date:
- July 1999
- Organisations
- NZFS
- Authors:
- Sally Coulson, Rian Morgan-Smith
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Location:
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New Zealand,
New Zealand
Overview
Concern has been expressed that the increasing use of compressed air foam (CAF) as a fire suppression medium may impact on forensic investigations at the fire scene. An analysis is made of CAF concentrate to determine its chemical nature and what effect it may have on commonly encountered flammable liquid accelerants found in forensic fire scenes. Laboratory and fire scene tests indicate that CAF does not adversely affect the detection of flammable liquid accelerants commonly found at fire scenes.
